Clasp.



No. 732,008. PATENTED JUNE 23, 1903.

G. PELMULDER.

CLASP.

APPLIOATIONJILED SEPT. 2, 1902.

H0 MODEL Wig/ba Swami UNITED STATES Patented June 23, 1903.

CHARLES PELMULDER, OF GRANT CITY, IOWA.

CLASP.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 732,008, dated June 23,1903. Application filed September 2,1902. Serial No. 121.859. (N0model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, CHARLES PELMULDER, a citizen of the United States,residing at Grant City, in the county of Sac and State of Iowa, haveinvented a new and useful Clasp, of which the following is aspecification.

My object is to provide simple, strong, and durable clasps speciallyadapted for use as necktie-holders and also available for connectingbelts and fixing them to suspenders and stocking-supporters forlengthening and shortening them, as required, to adjust them relative topersons and garments.

My invention consists in a clasp made complete in one piece from sheetmetal, as hereinafter set forth, pointed out in my claims, andillustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figurel is adiagrammatical viewthat shows the configuration of a blank adapted to bebent into proper shape to serve as a clasp adapted to be fixed to anecktie or other object. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the clasp, andFig. 3 shows the clasp fixed to a necktie as required for practical use.

The numeral 10 designates the body portion of a flexible metal plateadapted to be bent into shape, as shown in Fig. 2, so its ends can bebrazed together or otherwise united to produce a short open endedtapering tube through which one end portion of a necktie can be extendedand adjusted advantageously. Integral extensions 12 and 13 of the plateare brought into overlying position when the tube is formed. One of theextensions is provided with an integral tooth 14 near its free end andthe other with an aperture 15, as shown, in such a manner that the pointof the tooth can project into the aperture when the free ends of theextensions are brought close together. Perforations in the end of thebody 10 and the end of the extension 12 allow the clasp to be stitchedfast to a necktie, as shown in Fig. 3.

In practical use when the clasp is fastened to a necktie or other objectthat can be doubled and one end portion thereof then passed through thelarge open end and drawn into and partly through the small end the tooth14 will engage it and prevent a backward motion of that end portion andserve like the tongue of a buckle when straps are adjustably connectedwith buckles. To release the end portion of the necktie thus adjustablyconnected with the clasp, it .is only necessary to lift the end portionof the extension 13, as required to free the tooth 14 from the fabric,so that the necktie can be adjusted or removed from the neck of thewearer.

Having thus described the purpose of my invention, its construction,application, and operation, its practical utility will be readilyunderstood by persons familiar with the art to which it pertains, and

What-I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

l. A clasp for neokties made of a single piece of sheet metal andconsisting of an openended tapering tube having an extension at theupper side of its small end provided with a tooth inclined inward and acorresponding extension on its lower side provided with an aperture andthe complete device provided with perforations adapting it to bestitched fast to a necktie, as shown and described, for the purposesstated.

2. In combination with a necktie, a clasp consisting of an open-endedtubular and tapering body portion having means to be fastened to anecktie and an extension at its small end provided with an aperture, anda mating extension at the same end provided with a tooth, to operate inthe manner set forth for the purposes stated.

CHARLES PELMULDER.

Witnesses:

H. T. LABON'IE, H. L. PELMULDER.

